Literary Library

Robert Hayden

by Angela Beck
August 4, 1913 - February 25, 1980African-American poet and educatorAuthor of "Angle of Ascent: New and Selected Poems", "American Journal: Poems" ...
African American Educate Education Educator Library of Congress Poem Poems Poet Poet Laureate Poetry School Teach Teacher

Percy Bysshe Shelley

by Angela Beck
August 4, 1792 - July 8, 1822English Romantic poetAuthor of "Ozymandias", "To a Skylark" and "Ode to the West Wind"Married to Mary ShelleyClick He...

Knut Hamsun

by Angela Beck
August 4, 1859 - February 19, 1952Norwegian authorAuthor of "Hunger", "Pan" and "Growth of the Soil"Won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920Born ...
Author Nobel Prize Norway Norwegian

Assia Djebar

by Angela Beck
August 4, 1936 - February 6, 2015Algerian novelist, poet, playwright and short-story writerAuthor of "Women of Algiers in Their Apartment", "Alger...
Algeria Algerian Dramatist Novel Novelist Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Short Story Theater Theatre

Walter Kirn

by Angela Beck
August 3, 1962 - American novelist, literary critic and essayistAuthor of "Up in the Air", "Mission to America" and "Blood Will Out" #literarycale...
Critic Essayist Essays Literary Critic Novel Novelist

Rupert Brooks

by Angela Beck
August 3, 1887 - April 23, 1915English poetBest known for his war sonnets written during World War I #literarycalendar#birthdays#authorsbirthdays#...
British England English English Poetry Great Britain Sonnet World War 1 WW WW1 WWI

P. D. James

by Angela Beck
August 3, 1920 - November 27, 2014English mystery writerBest known for her Adam Dagliesh mystery series as well as "The Children of Men" and "Deat...
British England English Great Britain Mystery Mystery Writer

Mary Calhoun

by Angela Beck
August 3, 1926 - October 27,  2015American journalist and children's book authorAuthor of "Making the Mississippi Shout", "Honestly, Katie John!" a...
Children's Book Children's Book Author Journalism Journalist News

Marvin Bell

by Angela Beck
August 3, 1937 - December 14, 2020American poet, editor and teacherAuthor of "The Book of the Dead Man", "Nightworks: Poems 1962 - 2000" and "Mars ...
Editor Educator Iowa Poem Poems Poet Poet Laureate Poetry School Teach Teacher

Leon Uris

by Angela Beck
August 3, 1924 - June 21, 2003American author of historical fictionAuthor of "Exodus", "Trinity" and "A God in Ruins" #literarycalendar#birthdays#...
Author Historical Books Historical Fiction

Hayden Carruth

by Angela Beck
August 3, 1921 - September 29, 2008American poet, literary critic and professorAuthor of "Scrambled Eggs & Whiskey" (for which he won the Nati...
Critic Literary Critic National Book Award Poem Poems Poet Poetry Professor Teach Teacher University

Ernie Pyle

by Angela Beck
August 3, 1900 - April 18, 1945American journalistAuthor of "Home Country", "Here Is Your War" and "Brave Men"Won a Pulitzer Prize for journalism ...
Journalism Journalist News Newspaper Newspapers Pulitzer Prize War World War II WW2 WWII